[FIX] GPU Crash Error or D3D Device Removed in Unreal Engine (Nvidia 30 Series) - Easy Steps

Are you experiencing GPU crashes or D3D device removal issues not only in Unreal Engine but also in other games like Overwatch 2, Quake Champions and others? You're not alone! In this video, I'll show you how to fix these problems by installing the recent Nvidia Studio Drivers and undervolting your GPU using MSI Afterburner.
1: Nvidia Studio Drivers: www.nvidia.com/Download/Find....
2: MSI Afterburner for undervolting: www.msi.com/Landing/afterburn...
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Thanks for watching, and I hope this video helps you solve your GPU crash and D3D device removal issues.
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00:00 The Problem - GPU Crashed or D3D Device Removed
00:34 Nvidia Studio Drivers - Installing the recent drivers
01:16 MSI Afterburner - Installing for undervolting
01:44 MSI Afterburner - Unlocking voltage setting
02:03 MSI Afterburner - Undervolting process
03:58 MSI Afterburner - Start minimized option
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[@qhqsupport3373]

ADDITIONAL INFO: I had crashes in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 with 875mV - 1950Mhz profile (and even 950mV - 1950Mhz too), so I decided to try low down frequency. Stable one for me is 875mV - 1750Mhz. So if you are experiencing crashes in "special games", you can try to lower the frequency a little bit. It will make your GPU more stable and you can go with this game fluently.

[@HumaTheGreat]

875mV - 1750Mhz. this profile worked for me. Thanks bro.

[@robsonhenrique4346]

I'm using 1920Mhz I'll try to leave it at 1750

[@charlytutors]

Thank you very much! This helped me too =) on laptop with 3080(16Gb) and the latest Studio drivers 531.61

[@dustiegaming142]

you just saved my life, I was suffering to fix this problem for gaming like 6 hours. my game keeps crashing after I started the game and this video actually worked :D tysm!

[@sizad776]

Thank you! Your video helped solve my problem

[@IronfinInc]

I've been seeing crashes with Unreal Engine with my new setup for a few days. Incredibly frustrating. The combo this video suggested worked wonders. I've been working all night without a single crash whereas before it was usually crashing within 2 minutes of loading a level. My setup for those that might want to see what this fix worked on. X470 Ryzen 9 5950X MSI RTX 3090 - Driver is 527.56 64GB of RAM (Corsair Vengeance DDR4 3600MHz) Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB M.2 NVMe Thank you for posting the video.

[@RivierKlee]

Thank YOU SO MUCH! its helped me!!!

[@AlfredoConcha]

Update: I used the warranty, they tested my RTX and found problems with the GPU. Already have the new EVGA RTX 3050 XC GAMING, tested two benchmarks and played in ultra Cyberpunk for 2 hours. No problems, all working fine!! :D (drivers 526.86)

[@caiocsampaio]

I was almost sure I had some kind of memory problem because my game always crashed after like 15min but well... this saved my pc. Thank you very very much

[@qhqsupport3373]

You are welcome 🫶

[@Djonsing]

DLSS/DLAA technology works wonders! Even on relatively weak RTX it is possible to set super high resolution

[@xwoz6038]

You are a legend.

[@Dashisi]

BRO muchas gracias en serio la verdad que hice de todo y nada me habia funcionado muy buen video

[@Proyectos3d.]

Yo pense que era el tema del driver pero despues de tanta cosa se soluciono quitando el msi after De igual modo se agradece la ayuda !!

[@sameernautiyal9077]

Thanks bro!!

[@ShiranaiOki]

Thx bro. Almost I bought new card xD

[@MuttonheadsOfficial]

Latest Nvidia drivers are completely buggy with Unreal Engine. Got "GPU Crashed or D3D Device Removed" every 2 minutes with these latest drivers. This issue with Windows 11 and DX12 has been around for months, and nothing has been fixed since. The various tips found on the forums work more or less well. For me, the 517.40 drivers are much more stable, so there is a problem with the drivers. Nvidia, It's time to get the job done!

[@qhqsupport3373]

Did you try undervolting?

[@MuttonheadsOfficial]

@@qhqsupport3373 No needs, I'm using 517.40 drivers, no crash since.

[@charlytutors]

@@MuttonheadsOfficial hm, strange =) but this drivers didn't help me =) only undervolting and new drivers.

[@cyzykyoungbeatz]

finally this fixed my RTX 3080 .. the problem is the ram is zero voltage

[@mikeyff6379]

rtx 3050 laptop 4gb gpu any suggest or the same my frequency is about 2000+ so what should i do

[@WardForger]

Is it safe to use MSI for rendering or is this intentionally design for gaming and workflow? When I opened my Map project, it used 3.5GB Vram and 2.5GB if I lowered the setting. If I render it goes over 4GB and crashes . Although I'm aware of my computer limit, I desperately wanted to produce high quality settings to get the result I need using TAA and Screenspace in Movie render que.

[@qhqsupport3373]

I think there are no limits to using MSI Afterburner for any scenario (gaming or workflow). It is just software that you can use to undervolting your GPU

[@glyukzt1]

Increasing pagefile size fixed it for me. I probably need more RAM though

[@Scorpion-md8hb]

thank youuuuuu, i already undervolted my 3070ti to 825mv butthe crash still there, i did it again on 812mv and it was stable and the un5 problem was resolved thank u again. Ps:try to remove or disable rivatuner(it also causes the prob)

[@moonselanac357]

turning off rivatuner did it for me with my 3070. thanks for that extra comment on riva.

[@hannyang6013]

Got this error when open msi afterburner . Uninstall RivaTuner Statistics Server work for me , and still can use msi afterburner to low down gpu fan speed .

[@aryansharma50]

Thanku bro 😭😭😭

[@hdg]

It worked! but wait.. I need to test it for longer time, what about the PSU people are talking about? I have a 850w now and why is it need to be bigger (more watts) after this change?

[@qhqsupport3373]

No, you don't. Just relax and use your card with this undervolting. Glad that I have helped you. Enjoy ;)

[@hdg]

@@qhqsupport3373 Thanks bro, you don't know what I have been through... I have been suffering random PC reboots (there is only on GPU on my desktop PC) for more than 1 year, and everyday I regrated to mine those crypto coins that could have damaged my card. Now it seems to work, of course need more testing... It usually crashed when I render a level sequence, few seconds after rendering starts.. or crashes sometimes when playing games. (but less usual). I have the MATS linux software and the card passed all tests.

[@masouddana127]

Hi man thanks for shareing your info. I have RTX 3070 EVGA card graphic,I follow your steps but same error exist. The error appear when I want to render the scene.I didn't set fancy render setting.just active AA and every thing else is default.I Also delete every thing out of camera. what should I do?

[@qhqsupport3373]

Hi. Try to use lower frequency

[@kevinbell1138]

BIZARRE SOLUTION: During the Window Index Score Test and Web Browser open - My computer would crash, tried installs BIOS etc. NOTHING WORKED! Then It occured to me change the screen resolution. (this occured to me particularly because it was showing a REFRESH RATE in error (showing 59mhz instead of 60mhz). Anyway after setting it to the HIGHEST RESOLUTION then restarting, then setting it to the "native" resolution then restarting again. Finally to put it where I wanted it 1366 x 768 now it finally showed the correct 60mhz. No more crashing! Seems some type of eletronics error corrupted the CARD's coding? Removing the CARD from the Mother Board would likely have also resolved this CORRUPTED DATA CODE issue (clearing out the board's memory).

[@TheElectricCherry]

It’s crashing with a 6600xt, 50mV under volt with a 2661 MHz core target and 2000MHz memory target

[@SumitShinde-wg6pe]

dhanyawaad bhawa

[@nosirve9458]

i uninstalled nvidia because i cant delete the shortcut alt+z and for blender is a really usefull shortcut. idk why they make all the things so difficult

[@Armada0500]

For me, the cause of the crash was MSI Afterburner. I've tried both DX11 and 12 and UE5 crashes in both cases; turned Afterburner off, and both DX11 and 12 work fine. UE4, however, runs fine with Afterburner.

[@qhqsupport3373]

The main issue in the video is that we are getting crash without any additional tool. So it seems like your issue is another thing. But anyway thanks for the comment and your info!

[@PrathameshJakka]

I'm not getting Studio Driver option in Recommend / Beta , My Product Type is Nvidia RTX / Quadro , My Product Series is Nvidia RTX Series , Product Is RTX A5000 and Operating System is Windows 11 . What Should I Do ?

[@qhqsupport3373]

A studio driver is not a mandatory step. It is recommended. Try to use any recent suitable driver for your graphic card + undervolting :)

[@pathakotistudios]

mine is Geforce GTX 1060 6GB graphic card.the MSI vold is not showing after settings changed. it is still 0

[@qhqsupport3373]

Just ignore it and try to do further undervolting :)

[@guixxz17_.]

But my is notebookkkkkkkk..

[@AlfredoConcha]

OMG it worked for me!! but wait, this means my PSU need to bigger, right?

[@qhqsupport3373]

I thought the same before doing undervolting and increased my PSU to 1kW. And it did not help me :) So don't waste your money on a new PSU like me :D Let's wait for Nvidia drivers update. I think it is something related to Nvidia drivers. Maybe they will fix it in future, but I like undervolting because it gives your card less noise, temperature and power consumption without losing performance :)

[@AlfredoConcha]

@@qhqsupport3373 thanks for the PSU comment and video, it could be a hardware issue too, but you are right as NVIDIA were experiencing important issues with the 3050 few months ago... at very least undervolting is not bad =) crossing fingers!

[@JLoosW]

Didn't fix my issue with rendering level sequences in UE 5.3. I have a 3080, latest studio driver. I've been trying everything for over a month, really hoped this would work.

[@qhqsupport3373]

Ho. Sad to hear that. What do you mean by rendering level sequences? You have a crash only at this moment?

[@JLoosW]

@@qhqsupport3373 Thanks for your reply! Yes when I try to render out a level sequence or stills from the movie render queue. It's a large and detailed map (architectural-type visualization of a large outdoor site with many buildings and trees). Will run alright in the editor, and I can extract high resolution screen grabs in editor, but even capturing stills through the movie render queue will crash the editor. Occasionally I can successfully get a movie out from the queue right after opening the project, but then trying to run another sequence in the queue will cause a crash. Even if I remove all the heavy trees and grass it still happens, so I'm thinking maybe it's some kind of VRAM leak, but I'm pretty much a novice with the technical stuff.

[@qhqsupport3373]

Interesting.. and this crash "d3d device removed" too?

[@JLoosW]

@@qhqsupport3373 Yes same error. I've found some other posts referring to this error happening in this specific instance, and it seems there are so many causes it's difficult to pinpoint.

[@qhqsupport3373]

Yep, you are right. There are a lot of cases, but you can quickly check if your case could be fixed by undervolting or frequency decreasing. Just do the power limit = 50% in MSI afterburner for example and test again in UE

[@rahulroaringrc]

Does this work on Gigabyte board also?

[@qhqsupport3373]

Sure! You can use MSI afterburner with any brand of the graphic card :)

[@emoiont]

mine the error was for the gamming, what is do you think the actual problem is? is it the power problem for the vga from the psu? or is it just some software issue? or something else?

[@qhqsupport3373]

Before doing undervolting I bought 1000w psu instead of 650w. And it did not help me :) What is your graphic card? Did you already try to do undervolting by using MSI Afterburner?

[@crasho2350]

Dude you can make a video with GPU Tweak for Asus video cards.

[@qhqsupport3373]

The thing is that this MSI utility is universal. You can use it with any brand of card. Try it :)

[@worldcolors444]

whats you did i follow it , but restarting still GP vol still are showing 0 plz sir y

[@qhqsupport3373]

Could you describe your problem in detail please?

[@worldcolors444]

Yes sir my laptop is lenove i7 10th gen 6 gb invidia rtx and 16 ddr 2.5 ghz. , while rendering its gpu crashed . In your video how u did i followed ur video. As .msi software restart gp volt still 0 in the msi windows whats the problem please reply me

[@qhqsupport3373]

Try to ignore it and do undervolting further. Or you already tried?

[@charlytutors]

@@worldcolors444 Laptops use dynamic power redistribution, so msi can't show voltages, but ignore that... I talked to NVIDIA and they told me so... Just do everything according to the instructions shown in the video and it should help. I have laptop too =)

[@Emilio.perroo]

this method works in series 40?

[@qhqsupport3373]

I don't have 40 series to check it out. You can try and then give us the comment ☺️

[@straubhuilet2284]

Didn’t work for me yet :(, I’ll keep experimenting tho

[@qhqsupport3373]

What is your graphic card? Is it Nvidia 30 series or other?

[@ArchitectVirendraChhatria]

Hiii straub..You got the solution???

[@MickaelSchaack]

totally dont work

[@Wyslijfotkekompa]

Doesn't work😭

[@qhqsupport3373]

Sad to hear that. What kind of graphic card do you have?

[@Wyslijfotkekompa]

@@qhqsupport3373 I have rtx 3070 Gigabyte

[@qhqsupport3373]

I see.. do you still have a guarantee?

[@Wyslijfotkekompa]

@@qhqsupport3373 Yeah, i bought this gpu like year ago

[@qhqsupport3373]

Try to contact support. I think they will fix your card or give you the new one without the issue

[@Angeldl92]

close msi after burner !!!!!! igual que con roblox que no iniciaba por ese programa

[@qhqsupport3373]

Hi. This video is not your option for your issue. That is all.

[@user-zb7vq3hz2e]

6666

[@jjriels]

didnt fix waste of time

[@qhqsupport3373]

It is just not your issue. that is all